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Divorce/Domestic Partner Separation
As an active LANS employee, if you get divorced or separate from your domestic partner, you must follow these steps:
Step 1 |
Notify the Lab's Benefits Office at (505) 667-1806. The Benefits staff will assist you with with processing the following items:
- Health Insurance Enrollment/De-enrollment form (pdf) to remove ex-spouse from health and welfare plans. You must supply a divorce decree, or other suitable proof, that your divorce is final. A spouse must be covered on your current health and welfare benefits through the end of the month in which the divorce is final.
- Designation of Beneficiary for Retirement plans. Log into the Fidelity website to change your designated beneficiary.
LANL is required to offer COBRA to the ex-spouse to continue his/her medical, dental, and/or vision insurance. Provide the Lab's Benefits Office with your ex-spouse's current address so the proper paperwork can be sent directly to him/her. This address should be provided when the enrollment form is completed. |
Step 2 |
If you need assistance or information in regard to a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO), please use the following contacts.
For Your TCP1 Defined Benefit Pension
Please send all QDRO related correspondence to:
- LANS Pension Center
- ATTN: Qualified Order Team
- PO BOX 1433
- Lincolnshire, IL 60069-1433
- website: www.qocenter.com
- phone: 888-858-5500 (Monday through Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Central Time)
- fax: 847-883-9313
For Your TCP1 or TCP2 401(k) Plan
Please go online to Fidelity QDRO Center. |
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